California has the most dental professional shortage areas of any other state, according to data from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The HRSA recently updated its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas in the U.S.
The dashboard also shows that 10,159 practitioners are needed to fill shortage areas in the U.S.
Here are the states with the most and fewest dental shortage areas:
Most
California: 531
Alaska: 329
Missouri: 322
Florida: 274
Texas: 269
Fewest
Delaware: 11
Washington, D.C.: 11
Rhode Island: 13
Vermont: 13
New Hampshire: 20
